P3 SG

The children in P3 just loved trying out the coding resources that we have here at school. Today the 'Digital Leaders' took the lead and we had the opportunity to:

• Use Indi cars to create a route
• Use Microbits to make a code on a laptop
• Play with the Sphero to create a picture using paint and navigate around a maze- we especially loved this one in P3!
• Use the Dash robots to race them to the finish line
• Complete unplugged coding activities such as set arrows in the right direction to guide teddy to the end

Thank you to the 'Digital Leaders' for being such great role models for the P3's! We really enjoyed all of the stations that you worked so hard to prepare for us!

On Tuesday 12^th March the Primary 3 children made their First Confession at St Patrick’s Church. We are so impressed with the maturity that the children showed during the Sacrament and with all their preparations- the children have worked very hard learning their prayers, songs and reflecting on how they can make positive choices at school, home and in their community to live like Jesus. We are so proud of all our P3’s!

Below are some photos from the Bun sale we had to raise funds for an after First Confession treat- a big thank you to all of the children (and mums and dads!) who baked and prepared the buns for this! The children did a great job collecting the money, giving the correct change to their customers and counting the total money when all the buns had been sold.

In P3 we have been learning about money.

We have set up a shop in our classroom and have been counting amounts of money to buy the items. We have also been looking closely at the coins and discussing what they look like to help us quickly recognise their value.

We have been using some online games to help us practise our money skills. Here are the links to the games that we have been using for the children to continue practising at home!

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/cashing-in/cashing-in.html

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

For this half term our World Around Us topic is 'Superheroes.' We recycled old paintbrushes to make our own superhero characters- look at the photos below to see how great they turned out!

Alongside this, we linked our topic to our Literacy work. We wrote a description of our character's superpowers, we created a fact file about our own heroes and created sentences using verbs based on a superhero obstacle course- we have been very busy showing off our wonderful ideas in P3!

The children have learned the following sounds so far in P3. They have been spotting them in their reading books and using them when spelling and writing: ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo, ar, or, ir, air, oy

Check out the video of the children saying the sounds and the special rhymes they use to remember how to say them!

Below are the focus words that the children know for each sound. The children have these words on cards as they have been sent home as part of their homework each week throughout the first term.